ANTISTRESS ACTIVITY OF BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA ROOT EXTRACT AND A POLYHERBAL FORMULATION CONTAINING BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA USING COLD RESTRAINT STRESS MODEL

摘要

Hydroethanolic. extract. (80%). of. Boerhaavia. diffusa. (HEBD). and. a. polyherbal. formulation. (Punarnava. mandur). PHF‐09. containing. Boerhaavia.diffusa. were. compared. for. their. antistress. activity. using. Cold. restraint. stress. model.. Punarnava. mandur. contains. Boerhaavia. diffusa,. mandur.bhasm,.varun,.bharangi..Stress.was.induced.by.subjecting.animals.to.Cold.restraint..Due.to.Cold.restraint.stress.there.was.an.imbalance.in.the.levels.of.biochemical.parameters. like.glucose,.triglycerides,. cholesterol,.SGOT,.SGPT. which.were. near.normalized.following.the.administration.of.HEBD.and.PHF‐09..HEBD.and.PHF‐09.were.found.to.have.comparable.antistress.activity